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Reader reviewed by Veronika

1964.
Cynthia and Augusta "Gus" Lee are best friends. The twelve-year-old girls are neighbours and spend all the summer together, even if they are "as different as bubble gum and broccoli".
One day, bored, they decide to play in Cynthia's attic and discover there a trunk, full of old costumes.
By trying them on, the girls discover these costumes are endowed with magic powers, and can pull them through the trunk in 1914, when their grandmothers, Clara and Bess, were both twelve years old (and were already best friends)!

Here begins an exciting travel in the past. Cynthia and Gus will discover their ancestors lifes (and meet some!), have to solve a mystery about a missing locket, make new friends and even take a trip from England to America.

Even if this novel is for younger readers, who will love it, adults will as well enjoy this story. A very fun read (as I like to say, a great cocktail) where you can find mysteries, magic, adventures...

Mary Cunningham manages to tell us a sparkling and at the same time cozy story, which for sure, will make you want to discover your own ancestors and go through family photo albums.

A pleasant trip to the past.

Veronika